The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

among the Chinese that finds expression on
| goods sent to their laundry. Certain signs mean
bad pay" no good, heap slippery, etc
MONTANA claims to have the four greatest
mines in the world-the Anaconda Bluebird,
! Granite Mountain and Drum Lummon. Their
! combined product for the present year will APP
proXinate S9,O00,000
! A BILL has been introduced in the Illinois Leg
isleture limiting the amount any person or cor
! poration may take by descent or will. The
| limit is fixed at $500 900 in money or 1880 acres
| Of land each to a surviving wife, child or cor
| poraton Any surplus goes to the State.
A HUNGARIAN BAND that was to play before
| the Gar at st. Petersburg had novel expert
ence Each horn was taken to pieces and
| searched for bombs, and even the catgut of the
| fddleS was infinitely examined before the play
ers were allowed to appear before the Emperor.
THE faint tial;ling of bell that hung as a
| charm on the watch chain of lawyer attracted
the attention of judge the other day, and the
! latter, believing the sounds were meant in de-
| risiOn of opposing counsel, who was at that
| time summing up, threatened to commit him of
| the tnkling bell for contempt
| LARGE NUMBER of images of angels and
saints having been introduced into the Cathedral
of St Giles at Edinburgh, Scotland, q petition,
! signed by 500 residents of the parish, was re-
Gently presented to the Edinburgh Presbytery,
ASKING that the courts should take steps to have
| these images removed, las enjoined by the BIZ
| bic and laws of the national church"
NJ. CAMILLE FLAMMERIoN, q well-znown Parish
an scientist suggests that hole, several thou
sands of yards deep, should be excavated in the
earth in order to furnish accurate knowledge as
to the composition of the interior of the globe.
| Let the European governments, he proposes.
lend all their troops to carry out this colossal
work, and by so doing two grand ends would be
| gained, the mystery under our 1eet would be
revealed, while soldiers would forget how to
| fight"
| THE Police Department of New York is not
prejudiced evidently in the matter of selections
| for the Finest" Thirty additions to the ranks
were made recently on probation. -Four of the
| number were machiniSts, four were clerks, ten
| were conductors or drivers of cars or trucks,
| three were transfers, two were blacksmiths,
| TWO were agents one printer, one a butcher,
| one rlgger, one Waterman, one newsman,
one gateman, one bookkeeper, one an under
| taker, one fireman, one a milkman, one
| cutter and one stair builder.
| IT is now certainty that one of the striking
| features of the next Minneapolis Exposition
will be collection of paintings by the repre-
! sentative artists, living and dead, of the Scan
| dinavan countries. The proposition originated
| with Mr.. Olaf Ellison. 1t met the appreciation
| of the leading Scandinavian citizeuS of Mime
! apOlis, was advocated by the press of the city,
| and was heartily indorsed by The Scandinavian
| papers of the entire Northwest. Hon. r. B.
| Anderson United States Minister to Denmark
| gave his cordial approval and promises of as.
| Sistancc. The exposition directors were favora-
| bly, impressed with the idea, and at length de-
| termned to accept it.
AN English paper of recent date contains this:
| The following is Transcribed from page of a
small pocket book found last Saturday morning
| in pint bottle cut from the stomach of a ling
| landed from the trawler Sybil of Lowestoft of
Aberdeen The schooner Anna, of Bangor, in
| sinking state. My men as given up all hopes,
abandoned. Writing this dear wife, if this
| should reach shore, know what as become of
| your darling Willie. God bless you" On the
reverse side of the paper is the following.
January 9th, 1SS6.-Dreadful storm, both
masts gone. Ship waterlogged Good-by dear
wife, forever. From your loving husband, VIM.
Jensen" The notes are written in pencil
Mrs. j. ELLEN FOSTER, of Iowa, is announced
to be in failing health, the result of overwork
For more than dozec vacationless years she
has been one of the most conspicuous and sue
cessful leaders in the temperance cause, and
her eloquent voice has been heard and her or
ganzing hand felt in almost every State and
Territory. She has also been the legal counsel
of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of
the Nation. These labors she has taken upon
herself for love of the cause in addition to her
extended law practice and her home and family
duties. AS consequence her splendid health
has been impaired, and her doctors now order
her to go abroad for the summer and refrain
entirely from work Of all kinds Without
making any. public appeal purse has been
made up by her temperance friends to defray
the expenses of her trip, and she viii sail for
England next month.
ANEcDxEs of John G. SAKE are now in order.
Here is one that has never appeared in print
until now, Soon after he went to reside in Al
bany an enterprising real estate, dealer of that
city undertook to sell him a house. SAKE agreed
to 90 and look at the property, and one morn
l1lg found the two standing on the sidewalk in
front Of it.. There said the agent to the poet
w.t. as they paused moment before entering,
n hons Nv ksx- hat ~, IL
you. You will find the rooms conveniently ar
ranged, the plumbing is tlrst-class, there is a
capital furnace in the cellar" etc While the
agent was talking Sake noticing that there
We're some pretty bad cracks here and there in
the patchwork forming the front of the house
The agents eulogy ended, SAKE pointed his
finger significantly at these cracks and then
slowly remarked: Convenient rooms, good
plumbing, capital furnace-s that what the
building is cracked up as having?" No sale.
A VERY funny thing happened the other day
in New York in connection with an experiment
that was being made with patent stove for the
heating of railway cars. The exhibitor of the
stove thought his assistant had made every
preparation to make the exhibition d grand
success There was every reason why the ex-
pertinent should be made "a success, whether the
invention was worthy of ii or not because the
exhibition was before the Assembly Committee
on Railroads, and quite a number of spectators
had gathered TO be witnesses Of what was done
The invention exhibited and
II was SHOWN now u pan or water in
the bottom of the stove would be sure to tip
over whenever an accident occurred and extin-
guish the fire. The theory was all right The
exhibitor Of the stove lighted the fire and al.
lowed il to blaze for some time. Then he kicked
it over with great flourish Instead of going
out the fire blazed up more brightly than ever
The exhibitor, seeing that his reputation was in
peril, gave the stove a vigorous kick sending it
over again; and thus, by making the stove meet
with two accidents instead Of one, he managed
to succeed in putting the fire out 1t is needless
to say that the committee did not make any re-
port upon the merits of that particular stove.
A SINGULAR DISCOVERY has been made in the
establishment OF q Dublin auctoneer An old
secrctaire, or sloped desk, with a large number
Of drawers was forwarded by Mr. John Rigby
to Nessis Lawlors for renovation, and one of
the NOrkmen came across q cunnngly con
triyed secret drawer in which treasure trove
was found, and Of the existence OF which the
owner was quite unaware. This consisted Of
among other thioEs, q quantity of old silver
coins Of u remote period, with "A couple of gold
tokens on which some curious ernbeiGs and in
s'ripti1us are traced. A rare inemento at
the present time was also found being a
medal struck by the government of The
day on TIE assassination OF MIR. Perce
val ibis being accompanied by some
letter press. The diverse OF the medal contains
what Is said to be u striking likeness Of the Right
Hon. Spencer Pcrcevu Chancellor Of the lly |
chcquer ANA FIRST Lord OF the Treasury. On the
reverse Great Britain is pointing to broken
uiilCF. the gguif.l Of which boq fullpn 10 tho